Er, 😳 not to say YOU are carrying any weight, but I was holding in at around 125lbs for quite a while, then quit sugar and am now holding at around 111 – 112, easy peasey. And look fantastic as well, I might add! 😉

There’s no reason for me to not give up the “BAD” things I’ve been ingesting. I’m not a big foodie. More the gatherer type. (I could practically dumpster dive and survive. Kidding!) Don’t like to grocery shop, cook, think of what to have, etc. I’m not sure what got me started on the junque, especially when I love fruits and vegetables which you can just gather, but it’s really so much healthier not to ingest it, I know that!

Bread wil follow, 57. After a while of feeling good, as the digestive system adjusts, bread just loses its appeal, then you stop buying it because it goes to waste, even in the freezer. Back in January the pain relief doctor had me go even further on The Alkaline Way diet. She did commend me, however, by saying I was the first patient ever she did not have to elminate near the entire diet! It’s still too many supplements for my liking, that she Rx’d, but my pain levels are lower and not as incapacitating, tho not gone either. 😦

I’ve been looking at the alkaline diet as well. Pain and the deterioration of my digestion. You are absolutely right – I DO feel better without sugar and the less carbs, the better I feel. I am not a junk food eater, never have been. We eat quality protein, fruits veggies, but bread is my downfall. I know what to do, I just fall off the wagon. At least I’ve had some experience with feeling better – that should be motivation enough!

I believe Sec Kerry is doing for SOS what PBO is doing for POTUS, setting that old bar SO high, the next generation will have to work their tails off to keep any credibility! God bless them both each and every day, all they are doing for the entire world.

What I really like is that he doesn’t need all the protocols and trappings, he gets right in there where he wants to be – among the people. You may know his papal name is after St. Francis, who was wealthy as a young man but decided to live in poverty after some of his life experiences (including seeing the poor begging for food).

Pope Francis (or, meaning no disrespect, Frankie – as I like to call him) declined to live in the apostolic palace at the Vatican. He lives in a Vatican guesthouse, eating his meals in a common dining room, and saying daily Mass there. At the very least, he’s trying to serve as the example.

It was just lovely Jacqueline, and before he even met the people so beautifully I was so struck by the completely ordinary car he was traveling in – he just has no interest in the vulgar trappings of the post his predecessors lavished in. He’s an amazing man, truly inspirational.

What gets me, in a simple way, is that he still wears his same damn black shoes – Ha! Most Popes put on the white slippers to go with the clothes, but – no – there are those old black shoes, toes pointing upward!

We can’t let Ed Schultz repeat his vindictive, irresponsible and reckless behavior of telling people not to vote like he did in 2010 just to spite President Obama. That foolish act did not hurt President Obama, but it did hurt the country.

Therefore, I solemnly ask you to send a tweet to his a** everyday to let him know, “never again”.

It’s no accident that McDaniel and the Tea Party are furious at Cochran and the Republican establishment for going to reliably Democratic African American voters hat in hand, and that McDaniel is refusing to concede the race.

But while McDaniel pouts, it’s time for our national pollsters to realize that there is something seriously wrong with their predictive models for the 2014 midterms. It’s time they woke up and realized that their assumption of minority and Democratic voters sitting home in November is just not measuring up to the reality on the ground. If Democrats can be this organized and make this much difference in blood red areas of the country, its time for pollsters to think twice about where Democratic voters are all over America.

And this, Jovie, is why last night matters. Yes, Cochran is scum as is McDaniel. BUT, Dems in MS—blood red MS—were organized. If they’re that organized for a GOP primary, it stands to reason they’ll be more so for the general election.

The Message from Mississippi: Democrats are Not Sitting it Out This Year
Spandan Chakrabarti June 25, 2014

Last night marked the second high-stakes GOP primary where Democrats have screwed up the pollsters’ math. In Virginia’s 7th district, where knocking off an entrenched Republican incumbent in the primary would actually give the Democrat in the race a shot against a nutjob Teabagger, they knocked off Eric Cantor. Now in Mississippi, where a Democrat has a smaller chance of winning the Senate seat than a hailstorm in hell, Democrats – black Democrats – mowed down the Tea Party scourge like it’s nobody’s business.

yay! Thanks for all the tweets from Lake Harriet. It’s great to know that folks around here are excited to hear President Obama speak. I guess there is also a town hall meeting that will be interesting to see. 🙂

So what is with the WHPC today? 3 women and an African American in the front row? Do the twits only sit there when they think they have “something on the President” or are they just embarrassed about the latest stupid of their bff Boehner?

OK folks, taking a nap. I woke up at 1 a.m. and couldn’t get back to sleep. And to top it all off, I decided to have waking dreams all night. Knew I was awake, could feel the missus next to me, but still had vivid dreams.

Did anyone else hear Jonathon Turley on Chris Mathews show? I don’t usually watch but had just sat down and was flipping the channels and saw him on to talk about this lawsuit and he said that he thought Obama had gone beyond his authority. I have never liked Turley but this does worry me. This couldn’t get thru could it?

Thank you Bobfr! I do trust him but I worry about the other dishonest judges, there is so much hate for this President, I get scared for him. This is why this place is so important! Also Bobfr, I haven’t said recently how much you are appreciated!!! All those wonderful tweets are so powerful and important. Always know how much you are admired and appreciated.

He has been a constant PBO critic—–about anything and everything. He’s one who thinks he’s smarter than everyone. And in addition to having a strong Libertarian streak, he also seems to enjoy being contrarian, to stand apart, enjoys the attention. He testified in favor at Clinton’s impeachment trial and defends gun nuts.

I saw it mtmarilyn, and I am not worry about it. But I am dam mad because all the Republicans are trying to do is get rid of a President they can’t stand, they hate, someone who was voted in office twice, the people voted him in office, not the Supreme Court.

Thank you Nena20409! I know how much they hate him and want to ruin his legacy, even if it ruins this country. I know the President is a Constitutional lawyer, but I always worry that they will find some detail to do him in. They are so evil I do get scared of them at time.

It tried to decry the stimulus’
it exploited misplaced and irrational anger against the President;
it promoted the worst kind of racism, covert racism;
it enabled the insurgence of the Teabaggers;
it promised to repeal Obamacare;
it certified that POTUS will be a one-term President;
it held hearings after hearings about fake scandals to humiliate the administration;
it accused POTUS of cover up a BENGHAZI massacre;
it practiced obstruction every step of the way;
and it sabotaged every bill it could.
Yet, the President has been able to govern. Govern, a word you will not find in the lexicon of the TBGOP.

So here it is. Now what? It needs to give something to the BASE so that the lazy morons that form the base can be busy elsewhere why the GOP holds it on a leash and bring it to the polls in November. Yes, impeach is the only Machiavellian trick that remains in its book. While the BASE will be happy that the Black Socialist Kenyan usurpator is being sued or impeached, it will not ask the most relevant question: What has the GOP done for me lately? What has it done these past two years???

Thank you NCLB! That is quite the list. They have done nothing, but their hatred is so strong I worry about the whole family. They are so special we must keep watching their back. That’s what this place is about.

No. This suing crap is for the base and media ratings. Thom Hartman had a constitutional law prof on his show and he said congress has the right to set judicial law giving powers to the scotus to hear lawsuits brouhht by congress. It would still have to pass both houses and PBO would have to sign it. In other words this is going no where but to insight the base and fundraise.

This is what Turley does. Did it to Clinton (which is how he made his career). He did it to Bush, too. He thinks it is 1789 and all Presidents should act as if history hasnt happened and there is no context. Fine for an intellectual, ivory tower classroom discussion but ignores any rational reality.

Jonathan Turley is not credible! He was one of the people, like Matthews, pushing for the impeachment of Bill Clinton. There are certain people that the media loves that overrated for their intelligence. Turley, like McCain and Glenn Greenwald, is one of them.

Decent people from all corners love President Obama—–observed once again at this event. It is so maddening and such a shame that the Repubs have so poisoned the climate in this country———literally AND figuratively now that I mention it.

Thank you so much Prettyfoot for sharing this powerful video! I wish it could be shared widely because Rev.Barber, with his deep historical knowledge, puts his finger on exactly what’s going on. I am a strong advocate of the importance of studying the Reconstruction period after the Civil War — as well as the white backlash, better known as the Jim Crow period, that it provoked– in order to understand what’s going on today. But I am so glad the Rev. included the 2nd Reconstruction of the 1950s and 1960s that sought to end Jim crow. The success of the 2nd Reconstruction also provoked a white backlash. This white backlash slowly began in the Nixon years of “Law and Order,” but picked up steam with the so called Reagan Revolution. As far as I am concerned, the Reagan revolution brought about the demise of the 2nd Reconstruction. Lets hope that today people are so awake and so conscious and will vigorously defend the 3rd Reconstruction.

“With Speaker Boehner and the Tea Party at the helm, this Congress has failed to act on vital legislation to help improve the lives of Americans. The same Speaker who allowed the government to shut down last October, now intends to sue the President of the United States for acting while Congress has not, instead voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act 54 times and turning the tragedy in Benghazi into a manufactured scandal.”

I will begin with the number of Teabaggers in Congress (Senate and the House) X $175,000.00. Although some earn much more. But that will give a sense of how taxpayers are losing with this do-nothing-always-on-vacation Congress.